Hi, I’m Nick!
- 👋 I’m a tech lead, based in Austin Texas. I build web applications & do machine learning.
- 👨💻 I lead a 5 person team at Houseful
- 📖 You can find my detailed job history here
- 📫 Get in touch with me - nick@nickakey.com
My Skills
- 🎨 Front End
- React, Typescript
- Next, Redux
- 🦾 Back End
- Node
- 🤖 Machine Learning
- Shallow learning
- Deep Learning
- Custom neural nets & transfer learning
- API integrations
- RAGs
- 🇲🇽 Yo hablo Español
Highlights
🕶 Side Projects
- 📷 Notion Cover Generator
- Generate custom cover images for Notion
- 📕 ReadHabit.io
- A mobile-first web app to help you build a reading habit
- 😍 Both projects designed by the super talented Marcela Cárdenas (who also happens to be my Wife!
👨🏫 Education
- 🇲🇽 In 2018 I lived in Mexico City and taught deportees Computer Science
- 📹 Some of my Javascript video lectures have become very popular on Youtube
- 📣 I routinely give a popular talk called How to Ace your Interview with Memory Science
- 🎹 I have an interactive talk called How to Play Music by Ear
Software Engineering Work
History
- 📅 I’ve been working as software engineer since 2017